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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-sneet 1.

W. HUBBARD.

- PAPER FILE HOLDER.

Patented Feb. 13. 1883.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

v W. HUBBARD PAPER FILE HOLDER.

\ f Patented Peb. 13,1883. 9 2

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5 f,'is on the cover, and the other, 9, is on the up against thesurface. thereof on the'inside.

' .the,same'way. Between them is a. shorter tang, 5, which is bent tothe front to form'the to the inner'surface directly underneatfi the hookg,

. their removal. The pushing draws back the tape and ring.

' frond-as shown I two'holes and movin descrihed, and at the other tapethe papers are lifted part way out of the holder,'a suflicient'distanceto permitthefree drawn. up and the papers ejected. Whensa-id makesa veryclose and secure joint at this The l'astening device consists of hooksor lips and a ring. Of these hooks orlips, one,

edge of the front of the holder. The hook f isjformed on a. plate-ofthin sheet metal, F, the ends of which have tangs 2 2, which pass"through the pasteboard, and arebent down under and against the innersurface; The hook f is formed of a tongue cutfromjjthe central part ofplate '15 and bent backward. The front hook, g, is formed on the upperend of the plate G. This plate G is shown in Fig. 4 as out, and beforetheparts forming the tangs and hooks are bent The lower tang, 3, isformed-by entting away the pla'te, and is to pass'through the'pastehoard andhe bent The two taugs 4-4 onjthe 'upperendaretopassthrough the pasteboardand be bent down in;

other hook,-g..- The central part of the is cut toleave a hole, 6, forthe tape.

The tape marked B is plate G attached'at one end. I p of the back, abouttn'idway between the ends. The other'end passes; through the hole6--in"the plate G, and, is pro:- vided-with-sasingdg whicmas the hole 6,is

lodges in the said hook when turned backward. It will, he obser'i'e'dtliht fthe' fajpe for'iii's "a :ldop within loop 7 thel-papers passW118i inserted in the: holder; The tape is made of such length that whenthe papers are 'pressed quite into the Thenthe'flaps may be folded down,the new-- ring isat en pressed over the hook f, and the file is'suflicient hooked, the ring rasp iu dr'awing drawing upon the forms aconvenient piece to g up the tapc. Obviously by examination ofindorsements, or to allow of 'oi' the. papers I The tape may-be formedand plac'ed as shown in seotion,Fig. 5. In this form a lower holeis-inade through the lower" part of the at 6', and :the tape is passed(I -the upper 'hole,6, and the t and connected, so that the t hel-textending through the g over their edges as over pulleys. The..tape-loop. 7, which directly lifts the papers, is attached at one end,as before end sewed to the band. The ring is attached to the bandon theoutside. by means of a short piece of tape. When the ring is drawndown'the loop is through this an ends drawn tau tape forms a tan 5 ingthe toone side and )F, and G, 'stantially as described.

scribing witnesses.

stance ring is drawn up the loop is lowered. The tape-piece 8 is justlong enough to allow the ringto heel; over the hook)", and in this formnohook g is needed. A

"Manifestly the looped tape may be used in dependently otthefasteni-ngdevice or with other forms of such device, any suitable gripping device-being substituted for the ring. The form-of the plates Fv and G may&lS0' b6 :chang ed 'withoutdepartin'g from the spirit of -.Q?Xi .Y ;.fi,lt'will be observed that the filflrhOldQI desciihd may he used in a.desk, or may be taken out and used separately; or it may he a fixed partof the desk, the tape, ring, and fastening devices of the flaps beingapplied to a pigeonhole of otherwise ordinary construction. It shouldalso he noted that when the holder is in an ordinary pigeon-hole thering, which, when unhooked from book 1', remains in conne'ction withhook 9, serves as a handle in drawing the holderfrom the pigeon-hole.

' I am aware of the use of tapes in various kinds ofreceptacles as ameans for withdraw-- contents, and I do not claim the same; broadly.

I am also aware thatin the manufacture of paper boxes the blanks havebeen socui: as to ,ile'ave material to form, when folded, a doublethickness at the ends, and, further, that the endswof an envelope havebeen provided with an'ins'ide flap to cover the contents, the main 'fl pthe bowelfrom '-.to=-haok',-'apd gi-ntol thi "f1; A paper-file holderprovided with a cover,

and having a tape attached to one side and projecting through'anaperture in the opposite side, forming a Loop to support the papers, andhaving: vattached thereto a suitable handle,

whereby the act of drawing up the tape raises the cover and causes thepapers to project from the file.

2. Apap'er-file holder having a tape attached the opposite side, whichforms a guide or such tape, 'the papers being held in the loop thusformed and caused to more vertically when the tape is drawn out.

3. The combination of the holder,

the lopp, arranged as described,

the ring, and the plates provided with hooks f and g, sub-.

\ WALES HUBBARD.

Witnesses: I

' DAVID H. MEAD E. A. Dion.

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